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Where Non-League MattersTue, 18 Apr 2017 17:28:22 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/Comment on Why Does Ground Grading Always Come as a Surprise? by Robhttps://undertheleague.com/2017/04/17/why-does-ground-grading-always-come-as-a-surprise/#comment-6705
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 17:28:22 +0000http://undertheleague.com/?p=4023#comment-6705Reblogged this on Football – as I see it and commented:
Some cogent thoughts from fellow Non Leaguer, James Bartaby.
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Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:29:10 +0000http://undertheleague.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-6664Cool Site maybe someday America will get something like this. But for now allow me to let you know Non league is getting started In America!

FC Minneapolis to become the first Non-League Professional Football Club in the United States.

After acquiring a professional football/soccer specific Stadium a few days ago, FC Minneapolis management announced to its members and partners that they will be running as a Non-League Professional Football Club moving forward.

This will help the club to realize its mission of being a leading football brand and a pathway for young players to play at a professional level. The team will be playing exhibition games and tournaments with top professional clubs within the United States and across the globe.

Due to the fact that America’s football system does not grant a promotion path for smaller clubs to the major league, teams like FC Minneapolis are bound to be restricted to only regional and state level competitions which ultimately does not help the club to grow or the players to utilize every opportunity to market themselves to the world.
Here is our website http://fcminneapolis.com/

We are now looking for matches both in the USA and beyond. Would love to get a tour set for us to visit Non league pro teams in Europe as well as host a team or two.

Either way this may be the beginning of a football movement in America and we would be honored to have your site cover our team and journey into the Non League future of American football (soccer as we call it here)

]]>Comment on Non-League Structure Explained by Alex Woonhttps://undertheleague.com/non-league-structure-explained/#comment-6605
Wed, 30 Nov 2016 05:38:47 +0000http://undertheleague.com/?page_id=153#comment-6605Thank you very much for the explanation.
]]>Comment on K’s Left Homeless as Expected Kingsmeadow Sale Goes Through by BathWomblehttps://undertheleague.com/2015/11/20/ks-left-homeless-as-expected-kingsmeadow-sale-goes-through/#comment-5907
Fri, 20 Nov 2015 17:52:12 +0000http://undertheleague.wordpress.com/?p=3748#comment-5907One other point – Kingsmeadow, as it was in 2002 when Wimbledon moved in, was already unsustainable for Kingstonian. Wimbledon have made improvements to bring it up to FL standard again, yes, but Kingsmeadow was too big for Ks in 2002 as well. Basically, all we’ve done is postpone Ks having to face the situation for more than 10 years AND provided them with a big cash boost to help out. Saints? No. But not villains either.
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Fri, 20 Nov 2015 12:45:26 +0000http://undertheleague.wordpress.com/?p=3748#comment-5905Speaking as a Wimbledon fan you say some good things and some not so good things. Firstly, you say Ks are being made homeless and will now have to look for a groundshare. They’ve already been groundsharing, as you also mentioned so it doesn’t make sense.

About the 25 year lease, their chairman explained it has a break clause which is “standard business practice”. He seems to claim it was a good thing for Ks, but who knows.

Favourite part is mentioning the 7 figure sum being paid at the end of one paragraph followed by saying we’ve shown “complete disregard”. Contradicting yourself massively.

Everyone involved with Ks have known for years this would happen, it’s not a massive secret or surprise that it’s happening. Maybe not necessarily Chelsea, but there was no way we would stay at Kingsmeadow for much longer than we have meaning the deal in place for them was not permanent by any means.

But I will also say it’s not “Kingstonian’s” fault at all. Previous owners definitely, current owners partly, but players and fans definitely not. You can’t put fault on an entire club for being in a bad situation, a lot of which has been out of their control. And while you’ve partly alluded to it, nobody has slammed Chelsea in the same way people have (incorrectly) criticised Wimbledon. We bought the lease and rightly let Ks stay in their ground, now Chelsea are buying it, aren’t letting Ks stay, but it’s Wimbledon’s fault. Even a lot of Ks fans who don’t like us are blaming this more on Chelsea which speaks volumes.

]]>Comment on K’s Left Homeless as Expected Kingsmeadow Sale Goes Through by HackneyWomblehttps://undertheleague.com/2015/11/20/ks-left-homeless-as-expected-kingsmeadow-sale-goes-through/#comment-5904
Fri, 20 Nov 2015 12:11:50 +0000http://undertheleague.wordpress.com/?p=3748#comment-5904It’s also worth making the point that the escape clause in the contract that has allowed Wimbledon to sell the ground before the end of their tenancy was something insisted on by K’s when their initial deal was agreed for them to groundshare.

It was clearly their intention not to be tied into a long term deal as being a junior tenant at a ground which is too big for your club is not conducive to success. Now that this has come about they will have the funds to do something about it.

Whilst I can agree that superficially the ‘Wimbledon leave club homeless’ story is somewhat ironic, it’s a bit rich now to blame them for doing something that neither club is against & without which they could not possible hope to fund their return to Merton.

]]>Comment on K’s Left Homeless as Expected Kingsmeadow Sale Goes Through by BathWomblehttps://undertheleague.com/2015/11/20/ks-left-homeless-as-expected-kingsmeadow-sale-goes-through/#comment-5903
Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:57:24 +0000http://undertheleague.wordpress.com/?p=3748#comment-5903The friendly was stopped because Ks were allowed to stay rent-free by other means. They’ve effectively been rent-free the entire time Wimbledon has owned Kingsmeadow, and able to take income from their games and the bars during their games. And if you know it’s irrational to have a go at Wimbledon, then why do it? Rent-free, major compensation from the ground sale – what more do some people want? Are Wimbledon supposed to sacrifice our own future for Ks, even though that might actually be bad for both clubs in the long term? (Ks don’t really want to groundshare with us or anyone, never have, and understandably so.) The usual suspects are using this as a stick to beat Wimbledon with, but it really isn’t justified, as you seem to know but can’t properly bring yourself to say.
]]>Comment on Match Report – Wealdstone v Margate by Margate FL levelhttps://undertheleague.com/2013/02/18/match-report-wealdstone-v-margate/#comment-5859
Fri, 06 Nov 2015 06:36:41 +0000http://undertheleague.com/?p=2281#comment-5859truly Awesome.
]]>Comment on Diamonds and Kings in a Right Royal Mess by Paul Lucashttps://undertheleague.com/2015/09/30/diamonds-and-kings-in-a-right-royal-mess/#comment-5696
Wed, 30 Sep 2015 20:06:14 +0000http://undertheleague.com/?p=3638#comment-5696The foul was not on a Kings Langley player but on a AFC Rushden & Diamobds player!
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